Active in communities right across Canada, the Society • Offers information, support and education programs for people with dementia, their families and caregivers • Funds research to find a cure and improve the care of people with dementia • Promotes public education and awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias to ensure people know where to turn for help • Influences policy and decis. [...] I could see the grief in their faces and it was just like me.” 3 Strategies for health-care providers Helping the person with dementia live with losses and grief A person in the early stages of dementia will likely experience grief over their diagnosis and losses associated with their symptoms. [...] Just feel the loss and move on.” 8 Supporting clients through ambiguous loss and grief The psychological family Many family members can be helpful and offer meaningful support to one another in coping with the losses and grief experienced when caring for a person with dementia. [...] 11 Strategies for health-care providers Grieving and caregiving: Easing the stress of a “I came to the double load realization that the Until recently, health-care providers and researchers have person I knew, loved focused mainly on the stress experienced by caregivers in and married was relation to their responsibilities of caring for a person with gone. [...] Educating and informing caregivers about some of these strategies and options may help them cope, adapt and choose how best to live with the reality of dementia: Reflect on the losses that occur in the life of the person with dementia and their own lives as well.
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